-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KbrzSJdZvscLOclXmdI+xx2bgCyl8CzjxCZdDtjDFXBN/r72PFOz2g1zdpIqdEtr LvdSTi8Hg8NGu48u4ilJZw== 0001028269-01-000010.txt : 20010209 0001028269-01-000010.hdr.sgml : 20010209 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001028269-01-000010 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010131 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010208 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: US ENERGY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000101594 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: METAL MINING [1000] IRS NUMBER: 830205516 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WY FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-06814 FILM NUMBER: 1528962 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 877 NORTH 8TH WEST STREET 2: GLEN L LARSEN BLDG CITY: RIVERTON STATE: WY ZIP: 82501 BUSINESS PHONE: 3078569271 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 877 NORTH 8TH WEST CITY: RIVERTON STATE: WY ZIP: 82501 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN STATES MINING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19851229 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LARSEN JOHN L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065871 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] DIRECTOR FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 877 NORTH 8TH WEST CITY: RIVERTON STATE: WY ZIP: 82501 BUSINESS PHONE: 3078569271 4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - JANUARY 31, 2001 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person LARSEN, JOHN L. 877 NORTH 8TH WEST RIVERTON, WY 82501 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol U.S. ENERGY CORP. USEG 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year January 31, 2001 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) CHAIRMAN AND CEO 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |439,089 |D (a) | | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |42,350 |I (b) |By Wife | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |38,855 |I (c) |ESOP Benef. | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |83,345 |I (d) |Relative's ESOP | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |155,811 |I (e) |ESOP Trustee | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |125,556 |I (f) |By Plateau | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |175,000 |I (g) |By SGMC | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |512,359 |I (h) |By Crested | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |12,612 |I (i) |By Ruby | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| $.01 Par Value Common S|N/A | | |NONE | |N/A |1,581 |I (j) |By NWG | tock | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Qualified Stock Option|$2.90/sh|N/A | | | | |04/15|04/14|Common Stock|100,100|N/A |100,100 |D | | (Right to Buy) (k) | | | | | | |/92 |/02 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| NonqualifiedStock Opti|$2.00/sh|N/A | | | | |06/16|06/15|Common Stock|100,000|N/A |100,000 |D | | on (Right to Buy) (l)| | | | | | |/92 |/02 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Qualified Stock Option|$2.875/s|N/A | | | | |12/04|09/25|Common Stock|34,782 |N/A |34,782 |D | | (Right to Buy) (k) |h | | | | | |/98 |/08 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Opt|$2.00/sh|N/A | | | | |12/04|09/25|Common Stock|77,718 |N/A |77,718 |D | | ion (Right to Buy) (k| | | | | | |/98 |/08 | | | | | | | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Qualified Stock Option|$2.40/sh|01/10|A | |41,667 |A |01/10|01/09|Common Stock|41,667 |N/A |41,667 |D | | (Right to Buy) (k) | |/01 | | | | |/01 |/11 | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Opt|$2.40/sh|01/10|A | |142,733 |A |01/10|01/09|Common Stock|142,733|N/A |142,733 |D | | ion (Right to Buy) (k| |/01 | | | | |/01 |/11 | | | | | | | ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: (a) Includes 106,000 shares held by the Reporting Person in joint tenancy with his wife. Also includes 27,500 shares gifted by the Reporting Person to his wife, but not transferred into her name. An additional 25,200 shares and 64,226 shares subject to forfeiture are also included. The 25,200 shares, issued under the USEG Restricted Stock Bonus Plan, are deemed "earned out" by the Reporting Person: (i) if he is continuously employed by USE until he retires; (ii) if he becomes disabled; (iii) upon his death, or (iv) if the shares are claimed within three years following the occurrence of (i), (ii) or (iii). The 64,226 shares, issued under the 1996 Stock Award Program, vest over a 5 year period at the rate of 20% per year and are subject to the same forfeiture conditions noted previously. The treasurer of USEG holds the shares in trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person, while the non-employee directors of USEG exercise shared voting and dispositive rights over all 89,426 shares. The shares do not come under the control of the Reporting Person until termination of employment. The total number of shares is presently reported; distributions to the Reporting Person will not be separately reported. The acquisition of the shares by the Reporting Person from both the Bonus Plan and the Award Program are exempt under Rule 16-b3. (b) Consists of shares held directly by the Reporting Person's wife. (c) Consists of shares held in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the " ESOP") in an account established for the benefit of the Reporting Person. (d) Consists of shares held in ESOP accounts established to benefit members of the Reporting persons "immediately family", as that term is defined in Rule 16a-1(e), in accordance with Rule 16a-8(b)(2). (e) Consists of shares held in the ESOP which are not allocated to accounts established for the benefit of specific plan participants. The Reporting Person, as an ESOP Trustee, exercises the voting powers with respect to such unallocated shares. (f) Consists of shares held by Plateau Resources Limited ("Plateau"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an officer and director of both USEG and Plateau. The Reporting Person is not a controlling shareholder of Plateau, and therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Plateau, under Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii). (g) Consists of shares held by Sutter Gold Mining Company ("SGMC"), a subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting person is an officer and director of both USEG and SGMC. The Reporting Person is not a controlling shareholder of SGMC, and therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by SGMC, under Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii). (h) Consists of shares held by Crested Corp. ("Crested"), a majority-owned subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an officer and director of both USEG and Crested. (i) Consists of shares held by Ruby Mining Company ("Ruby"), a subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an officer and director of both USEG and Ruby. The Reporting Person is not a controlling shareholder of Ruby, and therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Ruby, under Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii). (j) Consists of shares held by Northwest Gold, Inc. ("NWG"), a subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an officer and director of both USEG and NWG. The Reporting Person is not a controlling shareholder of NWG, and therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by NWG, under Rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii). (k) Stock options granted under the Issuer's Incentive Stock Option Plan, and exempt under Rule 16b-3. (l) Stock options granted exempt under Rule 16b-3. These options were not issued under the Issuer's Incentive Stock Option Plan. NOTE: Pursuant to SEC Rule 16a-1(a)(2), information on Crested, Plateau, SGMC, Ruby and NWG is not required, however, Registrant has undertaken comprehensive disclosure and reports shares held by Crested, Plateau, SGMC, Ruby and NWG as indirectly owned by the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial and pecuniary interest in the shares reported under footnotes b, d, e, f, g, h, i and j. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ John L. Larsen DATE February 8, 2001 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----